A top administrator at Tufts University is reprimanding students for alcohol-fueled misconduct during an annual event that left one of Boston's top hotels trashed.

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Dean of Student Affairs Bruce Reitman said 15 to 20 of the 3,000 students who attended the annual Winter Bash at the Westin Copley Place on Feb. 1 required medical attention for excessive alcohol consumption, while some students urinated or vomited in the hotel's bathrooms and lobby.

In an op-ed published in the student newspaper, Reitman describes a "myriad of students who threw up all over the place" and two students who urinated in the middle of the lobby. Reitman said the student who urinated "in the middle of the lobby" was a woman.

He also blamed students for allowing friends to drink too much.

The dean went on to say, "Planning for any future event has to address the evidently widespread belief that Winter Bash is a time to get outrageously drunk and go to a classy Boston hotel. We have to do better."

A multi-department review of the event is currently under way and will likely result in major changes to prevent similar behavior in the future.